Today is the Imaginary Friend Blog Hop hosted by the lovely Annalisa Crawford and Kyra Lennon. Annalisa is celebrating her book's birthday! Cat and the Dreamer will be one year old on February 14th. Happy Book Birthday! If you haven't read Cat and the Dreamer, you should. It is very beautifully written, with a main character who will pull at your heartstrings.
I don't remember having an imaginary friend, but I had four siblings so I had plenty of people to play with and blame stuff on growing up. :) However, when I had my third kid, my son ended up developing an imaginary friend. He called him his brother, Jack.
I think it was because the others were both girls. (As is child #4, so he's still the only boy.) I'm guessing he was jealous that my oldest got a little sister to play with, but he didn't have a brother. So he made one up.
Jack was talked about a lot that year. Johnny would tell us about all the super fun exciting things he and Jack were doing. (And yes, I think it's funny that the name he picked for his friend is a nickname for his own name.)
There were times it got a bit awkward and I would feel the need to explain to people what was going on. Like when he told our EFCE teacher that him and his dad had spent the weekend at his brother's house.
"Um yeah," I told her, "it's an imaginary friend. My husband does not, in fact, have another family somewhere else."
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Have a great weekend everyone!
And thanks Kyra and Annalisa for hosting! |
Oh that's funny. Maybe not to you, having to explain, but hopefully most people would get a laugh out of it.
ReplyDeleteMy kids are 8 and 6 and haven't had any imaginary friends, so I'm gonna guess they're past that stage now.
LOL, slightly awkward conversation to have!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh is he a cutie-pie? Rachel, I would spoil the heck out of a kid that looked like that. (Maybe that's why I didn't get any boys?)
ReplyDeleteKind of hard to explain that whole sibling thing...must have been awkward to say the least.
Poor boy - 3 sisters! My kids don't have imaginary friends, but I've always wondered if I put my parents in awkward situations - although, as I hinted in my own post, they probably wouldn't remember! Thanks for taking part :-)
ReplyDeleteDoes he still believe in Jack?
ReplyDeleteHow cute. An imaginary brother, huh. That sounds nice.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute kid, but I understand him. All sisters and no brother to conspire with! :)
ReplyDeleteHe is so cute and I love that you have had to make those explanations. All part of being a parent!!
ReplyDeleteLOL, I can imagine that would be awkward to explain! Good thing just your son has an imaginary friend, so you don't have to worry about explanations like that with all of your children!
ReplyDeleteThat's so cute. My daughter has imaginary sisters right now, so I can totally empathize there. Currently it's not a problem, but she tells people all about how she and Twilight Sparkle are going to a picnic and would they like to come (yes, she has deep conversations with all of the characters from all of the TV shows she has seen).
ReplyDeleteMy two brothers were the only ones in my family to have IF's. I think because my oldest brother was alone for awhile. And perhaps because my younger brother was so much younger than the rest of us. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteToo funny. Nothing like your child's imaginary friends starting rumors. :) Thanks for stopping by Kelly's guest post today.
ReplyDeleteAdorable!
ReplyDeleteJohnny is such a handsome little man. When I was pregnant with my fourth son, people would of course say, "Bet you hope it's a girl!" and my boys would be shocked and tell me later, "Mom, why would they want us to get a girl, brothers are better." Though I was as close to my brothers as I was to my sisters, so it really doesn't matter.
ReplyDeleteI used to try to convince people my real brother was imaginary - mostly in an attempt to get his share of sweets.
ReplyDeleteThat is an awesome picture!!! Where's the one of Jack?? :P
ReplyDeleteI had an imaginary friend when I was little too. I think mine was because although I did have siblings, they were both much older than me. They were busy doing other things as I got older. I probably just wanted someone to play with :)
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